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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/4] posix timers: sigqueue_free: don't free sigqueue if it is queued
On 05/03, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> Note: I am not sure we shouldn't do the opposite, free sigqueue + cancel the
> pending signal, but this needs some ugly changes. Perhaps we should reconsider
> this change later. See also http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10460

In that case perhaps we can do something like (uncompiled, just for illustration)
patch below.

While I don't know what is the "right" behaviour, I hate this patch because
it "looks ugly" (even if correct).

Oleg.

--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ extern int send_sig(int, struct task_str
extern void zap_other_threads(struct task_struct *p);
extern int kill_proc(pid_t, int, int);
extern struct sigqueue *sigqueue_alloc(void);
-extern void sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *);
+extern void sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *, struct sigpending *pending);
extern int send_sigqueue(struct sigqueue *, struct task_struct *, int group);
extern int do_sigaction(int, struct k_sigaction *, struct k_sigaction *);
extern int do_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *, stack_t __user *, unsigned long);
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1233,7 +1233,24 @@ struct sigqueue *sigqueue_alloc(void)
return(q);
}

-void sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *q)
+static void sigqueue_cancel(struct sigqueue *q, struct sigpending *pending)
+{
+ int sig;
+
+ list_del_init(&q->list);
+
+ sig = q->info.si_signo;
+ if (sig >= SIGRTMIN) {
+ list_for_each_entry(q, &pending->list, list)
+ if (q->info.si_signo == sig)
+ return;
+ }
+
+ sigdelset(&pending->signal, sig);
+}
+
+
+void sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *q, struct sigpending *pending)
{
unsigned long flags;
spinlock_t *lock = &current->sighand->siglock;
@@ -1245,17 +1262,12 @@ void sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *q)
* __exit_signal()->flush_sigqueue().
*/
spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
- /*
- * If it is queued it will be freed when dequeued,
- * like the "regular" sigqueue.
- */
- q->flags &= ~SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC;
if (!list_empty(&q->list))
- q = NULL;
+ sigqueue_cancel(q, pending);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);

- if (q)
- __sigqueue_free(q);
+ q->flags &= ~SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC;
+ __sigqueue_free(q);
}

int send_sigqueue(struct sigqueue *q, struct task_struct *t, int group)
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ static void release_posix_timer(struct k
idr_remove(&posix_timers_id, tmr->it_id);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idr_lock, flags);
}
- sigqueue_free(tmr->sigq);
kmem_cache_free(posix_timers_cache, tmr);
}

@@ -828,6 +827,27 @@ static inline int timer_delete_hook(stru
return CLOCK_DISPATCH(timer->it_clock, timer_del, (timer));
}

+static void __timer_delete(struct k_itimer *timer, unsigned long flags)
+{
+ struct sigpending *pending;
+
+ pending = &current->signal->shared_pending;
+ if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID)) {
+ pending = &timer->it_process->pending;
+ put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
+ }
+ /*
+ * This keeps any tasks waiting on the spin lock from thinking
+ * they got something (see the lock code above).
+ */
+ timer->it_process = NULL;
+ unlock_timer(timer, flags);
+
+ /* Note that "pending" can point to the freed memory */
+ sigqueue_free(timer->sigq, pending);
+ release_posix_timer(timer, IT_ID_SET);
+}
+
/* Delete a POSIX.1b interval timer. */
asmlinkage long
sys_timer_delete(timer_t timer_id)
@@ -848,16 +868,8 @@ retry_delete:
spin_lock(&current->sighand->siglock);
list_del(&timer->list);
spin_unlock(&current->sighand->siglock);
- /*
- * This keeps any tasks waiting on the spin lock from thinking
- * they got something (see the lock code above).
- */
- if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
- put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
- timer->it_process = NULL;

- unlock_timer(timer, flags);
- release_posix_timer(timer, IT_ID_SET);
+ __timer_delete(timer, flags);
return 0;
}

@@ -876,16 +888,8 @@ retry_delete:
goto retry_delete;
}
list_del(&timer->list);
- /*
- * This keeps any tasks waiting on the spin lock from thinking
- * they got something (see the lock code above).
- */
- if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
- put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
- timer->it_process = NULL;

- unlock_timer(timer, flags);
- release_posix_timer(timer, IT_ID_SET);
+ __timer_delete(timer, flags);
}

/*


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